First of all, thanks a lot to all who've supported "Vetri"!!! With nearly 2000 views in 2 weeks and a feature on BlenderNation and BURP Renderfarm, I feel it's my best achievement so far in terms of filmmaking.

So I feel it's time to start giving back. Now you can create your own version of Vetri! I've provided for free download most of the sets used in the making of the film. You also get chairs, tables, shelves and a variety of trees if you don't prefer to use the sets. And best of all, it's free to use in your own films, games, posters, etc, even commercially if you wanted to. Just give me a shoutout somewhere in the credits and/or description and it's all good!

You will need the free Blender software which can be downloaded here. Blender is a 3D animation software package that allows you to model, animate, texture, composite, render and create games all in the one software. You'll also need to register and create an account with BlendSwap. Here is the registration page. You can also download a ton of other free 3D models and scene with BlendSwap.

If you wish to transfer the sets to a 3D software you're more comfortable with, there are tons of guides on the internet that show how to do this. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure that exact way to do this but here are some guides that may help:

Some sets couldn't be added due to copyright issues and most of the provided sets don't have all the textures. Also some textures couldn't be included either since they were obtained from CGTextures.com. If you wish to recreate the scene to render exactly as seen in the film, I've provided instructions on the exact textures inside the Blend files.

I also couldn't provide the characters since I didn't create them myself. I used the CGCookie Flex Rig to generate all the characters. This allows you to create as many variations of characters as you like and since it was created within Blender, it automatically comes rigged and ready to animate!

Vetri has finally released! After 6 months of work, I've finally decided it's time to release this short film. "Vetri" is about a boy who continually fails in life and enrols in a "Guide To Success" course which promises him great success. Feeling jealous about his brother's success and wanting the approval of his parents, he goes about trying to change his life for the better. A feel-good comedy film.

The film was made using Blender 2.66 and rendered in Cycles using the BURP Renderfarm (also some frames on RenderStreet and SheepIt Renderfarm). For the characters, I used the CG Cookie Flex Rig. I mainly developed this film in my spare time.

Thanks to everyone who followed and supported this project throughout! This pretty much gave me motivation to keep plugging away at the film even when I felt like I couldn't be bothered. I'll be releasing the sets used in the film on BlendSwap in a few weeks. The scripts and storyboards will follow shortly after!

Vetri's post-production is finally underway! I can finally see the film coming alive after months of hard work! I'm running a little late so I will be delaying the release to 12th May (exactly a week from now!) It was supposed to release on May 6th (tomorrow) but due to balancing Uni, work and filmmaking, I'm probably biting a bit more than I could chew at the moment...

First, I had to arrange all my rendered sequences in the order and time it according to the animatic I created in the earlier stage. This had to be the easiest part of the post-production process. Some parts didn't fit and had to be cut from the film. Other parts were either too slow or too fast, and had to be adjusted. What took the most time was having to re-render the "odd" frames. Keeping the frames there would have made the film look less professional.

I spent a lot of time browsing through sound effects websites such as freesound.org to sync sound effects to the film. I don't have a high-quality mic, so I had to download foley sound effects wherever I could find one. I ended up spending a lot of time, in fact a couple of long nights over the weekends, browsing for the right sound effect. It always seems like it's easy to find that perfect sound effect in your head, only to realise you've been spending hours and hours looking for it and going with something less than ideal.

After about a week of putting my ears through torture, I started to create all the other stuff like the logo of the film, credits, opening titles, etc. I also created the two posters of the film and made some updates to the website. Overall, it's coming along well and there is some of that feel-good factor in there with random bits of comedy here and there. Hopefully, it should be enjoyable to watch and don't get one of these reactions (below)!

I also have to mention my gratitude to all the backers of "Vetri" on my Kickstarter campaign and everyone that approached me regarding this film! Your support really helps me get that extra bit of motivation to keep making exciting short films! And this also goes out to everyone who supported and shared my stuff on Facebook and YouTube as well. Thanks heaps! You can always contact me for whatever on my Facebook. Feel free to comment on how much you loved (or hated) my stuff!

Welcome to the new design of the website! This is somewhat a complete overhaul from the previous designs. I wanted to go for a movie look theme and chose this design. Since I make short films for YouTube, it only makes sense, to sort of mimic a movie themed design.